Tool-bag.



M. MILLER & s. H. GOL'DING.

TOOL BAG. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15. l9l8.'

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

llVl/EA/TOHS MAX MILLER SAMUEL GOLDl/VG WITNESSES A 7701mm 1n: Marinas P'c'rsks m. FNDYD-LITNQ. msnmmam UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

MAX MILLER AND SAMUEL H. GOLDING, OF YQR K, N. Y.

TO OL-BAG.

vices lumbers and other ersons and 'arrange to permit the user to readily carry the bag about without danger of losing the tools contained in the bag or the sharp or cutting edges of the points of the tools in the bag injuring the carrier of the bag. Another object is to render the bag exceedingly strong and durable and capable of rough usage when lugging the tool bag about. Another object is to provide considerable room for storing and carrying a large number of tools.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, 1n which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool ba Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig 3;. and

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on the line of Fig; 2. i

The body 10 of the tool bag 1s made of leather, canvas',,duck, or other suitable textile fabric, and in practice, the front 11, the bottom 12 and the back 13 are made of a doubled-up piece of material and the sides .14 are each made of a piece of a doubled-up material and are fastened in position on the front 11, bottom 12, and back 13 by stitches 15. The open top or mouth of the bag body 10 is adapted to be closed by a covering flap 20 of a' doubled-up material and preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed October 15,1918. Serial No. 258,158.

, an integral continuation of the back 13, as

plainly shown in Fig; 3; The covering flap 20 is provided with straps 21 adapted to be engaged with buckles 22 held on straps23 attached tothe front 11 of the bag body.

-By the arrangement described the flap 20 i when in closed position can be securely fastened to the front 11 and when unfastened it can be readily swung back for gaining access to the interior of the bag body 10 with a view to enable the user of the bag to place tools or other articles therein or to remove the same therefrom.

.The back 13 of the body 10 is reinforced at the inner face by a plate 30 of stiff cardboard, fiber board, or other suitable stifl' material to prevent theback 13 from wrinkling up at the same time preventing any.

tools contained within the bag from 1n uring the back 13 or the person carrying the bag. A similar reinforcing plate 31 is attached to the bottom 12 of the bag body and this plate 31 preferably forms an integral part of the lower end of the backplate 30.

v The reinforcing bottom plate 31 is provided at the front with a short upwardly extend- .ing flange 32 fitting against the inner face of the lower portion of the front 11, and the sides of the bottom plate 31 are provided with short upwardly extending flanges 33 fitting againstthe inner faces of the lower portions of the sides 14 of the bag body 10.

.It will be noticedthat bythis arrangement a shallow tray with solid walls is formed in the bottom of the bag body for containing tools or other loose material, the walls of the tray preventing such tools and materials from cutting into or injuring the body 10.

The bottom corners of the bag are provided with metallic corner protectors 40 fastened by rivets 41 in position on the bag. One of the rivets 41 of each front corner passes through the front 11 and flange 32, another rivet 41 of the front cornerpiece passes through the corresponding side 14 and the adjacent flange 33, and another rivet 41 of the front corner piece passes through the bottom 12 and the plate 31. One of the rivets 40 of each corner piece passes through the back 13 and the reinforcing plate 30, another passes through the correspond g ide 14 and the flange 33, and. an-

ditional rivets 12 are used or fastening the. upper portion of theback reinforcing plate.

30 to the back 13, and rivets 43 used for fastening the straps 22 to the front 11 arealso passedthrough the front flange 32 to fasten the latter securely in'p'lace-to thelowerportion of the front 11.

The covering flap 20 is provided at the sides with side flaps adapted to overlie the upper portionsofthe sides 14 to close the ends of the open top or mouth of-the bag body 10- thereby preventing rain, dustor other extraneousmatter from passing-into the tool bag; The top; rear portion of the covering-flap 20 is provided with a rein-forcing plate of-cardboard-or other stifi material and interposed-between the layers of the flap 20, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. A clarrying strap 56'of leather or similar material engages at its arrow-shaped ends 57 keepers '5 8-fast ene d by rivets 59 to the fiap 20 and itsrein-forcing plate 55. to permitthe user-to conveniently carry the bag with one 'hand. A shoulder-strap 60 is used for supporting'the bag fromthe shoulder of a per- .son and, this strap is provided at one end with a snap hook 61engaging a ring 62 held on a strap 63 riveted or' otherwise exteriorly fastened to one of the sides '14 of the bag body-10. The other end of the shoulder strap- 60; is adjustabl y connected with a buckle 65 attached to a strap 66 riveted, or otherwise fastened to the other, side 14 .of the bag body, 10. By thearrangem'ent described the-shoulder strap 60 can be lengthened or shortened to suit the convenience of the-person making use ofthe bag.

Inprder; to permit of supporting. singly some particular tools, use maybe made of a strap-70" arranged on the inner face of-the plate 30 about midway between the top and bottom thereof, as plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This strap; isfastened in place onthe plate 30 by rivets 71 and'the straptis formed intermediate the rivets71 into loops 7 2 each for carryinga desired tool, the loops being of var ous sizes to accommodate tools of corresponding sizes.

The-tool bag' shown and described is exceedlnglystrong and durable and is capable of storing and carrying a large number of tool's.. It" will alsobe noticed-that byproviding the back plate 30- the tool bag can readily rest. against theside of' a person ca'rry-i'ng-the tool bag suspended by the strap 30 f rom the-:shoulderiand when the tool bag 1s thus carried the tools. *thereinl are" reflanges fitting sa nswirt vented from injuring the carrier as the stiff back plate 30 prevents the cutting edges or pointed ends of .the tools from puncturing the back 13. l

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent roximately the entire upper fae oifi saidbottoniand being permanently secured thereto. l

2. As an article off-niaufaeture, a tool closing flap extending from said: back over the mouth-of the bag to t'he front hei eof to close-the bag-body areinforcing-backplate of stifF"'-material overlyingapproxi- :mately} the entire inner face of the said back and-being, permanently secured hereto,- and areinforcingbottomplate over g approx,

' mately the-entire-upper face of thesaid botbag havin a bodyofflexrbw material eomtomand-being per-mandate secured-thereto,

the-said bot-tom reinforci'n-g'platebeing provided -at thefront with short upwardly exten'din flange fitting against the inner faceof t'i-c- -lo-weriportion of-the-- front and being permanently secured thereto, the said' bottom reinforcing plate being provided at the sides with short upw dfly extendin lower portioi'isof the said side's permanently secured thereto. v

- As article" of -mariufacture; a tool bag-1f having a body of flexible material, a closing-flap extending from the-back of the body over-the mouth of the bagto the front and tein meansfor fastening-the closing flap to" the front of the body, the rear top portionof the said closingirflap bein'gprovidedwith a longitudinally-' extending reinforcing member', a carrying handle -'atta'ched-'exteriorly to .the said rear portion of the closin flapm the} said reinforcing 'member, and' an- 1 interior: lining; of"; a stiff material: coverin the bottom and back of the-.saidbody;

4. As an article ofrnanufa'cjture'; atool' bag:

having 'a-b'o'dyof flexible aterial and-coinprising' a vertical back, I a bottom; sides and a front, the front-havin its lower minor portion arranged vertical y and havingits HIZLj Qfi HPPGI' portion inclined upwardly and rearwardly, a closing flap -eXtnding ;fren1 the" saiwback-over themantleofthe bag-to 110 thereof-1 to close the bag body, fastening the front thereof to close the bag body, fasand bottom of the body, and. the said tray toning means for fastening the closing flap front and tray sides extending a short disto the front of the body, and a tray of stiff tance upward at the lower portions of the 10 material fitting into and secured to the said front and sides of the said body.

5 body, the tray having a back, a bottom, a A

front and sides, the tray back and tray bot- MAX MILLER. tom covering the entire surfaces of the back SAMUEL H. GOLDING.

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